L'évolution des conceptions du développment territorial et de la gouvernance en Europe: des paradigmes en mutation aux nouvelles approches politiques = The evolving context for territorial development policy and governance in Europe– from shifting paradigms to new policy approaches

O'Brien, P. , Sykes, O. and Shaw, D. (2015) L'évolution des conceptions du développment territorial et de la gouvernance en Europe: des paradigmes en mutation aux nouvelles approches politiques = The evolving context for territorial development policy and governance in Europe– from shifting paradigms to new policy approaches. L'Information Géographique, 79, pp. 72-97.

Abstract

Over recent decades the assumptions and goals of regional policy have gradually come under the influence of new ideas which seek to account for the relative success of places in developing themselves. Accompanying this, a shift from top-down and redistributive forms of regional policy towards more endogenous development approaches can be traced in many countries. Similarly, the EU’s Cohesion Policy has increasingly sought to foster the development of territories by encouraging them to look to, and build on, their intrinsic attributes and strengths. Informed by this context, this paper considers evolving conceptions and models of regional policy paying attention to the emergence of place-based and territorial approaches; their manifestation in reforms of the EU’s Cohesion Policy; and, related processes of rescaling and reform of sub-state structures for development policy and governance in England.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: O'Brien, Dr Philip
• Authors: O'Brien, P., Sykes, O., and Shaw, D.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Urban Studies
• Journal Name: L'Information Géographique
• Publisher: Armand Colin
• ISSN: 0020-0093
• ISSN (Online): 1777-5976